Hadith #456
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ
أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ كَتَبَ نَجْدَةُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ كَتَبْتَ تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ قَتْلِ الْوِلْدَانِ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَقْتُلُهُمْ وَأَنْتَ فَلَا تَقْتُلْهُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَعْلَمَ مِنْهُمْ مِثْلَ مَا عَلِمَ صَاحِبُ مُوسَى مِنْ الْغُلَامِ
Isnad Chain
سفيان
إسماعيل بن أمية
سعيد بن
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Yazid ibn Hurmuz — that Najdah [the Kharijite] wrote to Ibn 'Abbas asking about the killing of children [in war]. He wrote back: 'You wrote asking me about the killing of children — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not kill them. And you: do not kill them, unless you know about them what the companion of Musa knew about the boy [before he killed him].'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 456
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3094
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39484